It's all but impossible to stop an entire building from shaking along with an earthquake, but that doesn't mean you can't protect what's inside. Japan's THK designs and builds these 'seismic isolation tables' which are able to counteract the violent movements of an earthquake on a smaller scale. Read More >>

While everyone's having a rocking good bad time up top, big things are happening deep underground as an earthquake strikes. Of course, minerals from the Earth's core are known to seep out, but now scientists have discovered that gold veins are actually formed instantaneously due to a massive drop in pressure as an earthquake rumbles on. Read More >>

This isn't good. North Korea has reportedly conducted a nuclear test. Unusual seismic activity in the region was detected that indicated a nuclear bomb, and South Korea has told a United Nations Security Council diplomat that North Korea has just performed a nuclear test. Read More >>

There's no doubt that earthquakes can be powerful, and usually the bulk of that power goes to destroying things. While you can't stop an earthquake from quaking earth, a Victoria University student has found a way to divert some of that energy to monitoring the quake it came from. Read More >>

An Italian court has sentenced six scientists and a former government official to six years in prison for a faulty prediction of the 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila. What is this, the Salem witch trials? This is a dangerously anti-science precedent, even if it's just in Italy. Read More >>

The tremors will probably still wake you up in the middle of the night, but falling asleep in an earthquake prone part of the world would be a little easier with this reinforced bed that can support up to 65 tons of debris. Read More >>

Artist Doug Aitken's new house is designed to bring the outside world in, with accents like plant prints on the walls, and extensive use of greenery throughout. But the eyes aren't the only thing his home appeals to. Read More >>

After the earthquakes in Japan last year there's been a strong focus on designing structures and systems that will survive a natural disaster. So German researchers have created super strong wallpaper and glue that will prevent brick structures from collapsing during a quake. Read More >>

Earthquake prediction is a mystery that has stumped scientists for centuries. But it just might be that the same signals giving us directions to the nearest Starbucks could clue us in to upcoming tremors. Read More >>

Who isn't afraid of being waken abruptly by a shaking building whose roof is caving in? Or a huge tsunami sweeping though your town? Earthquakes are terrifying. But what exactly are they? Why do earthquakes happen? Read More >>

As Japan continues to rebuild after last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami, one company has developed an ingenious new method to protect homes from the shaking — let them ride it out on a cushion of air. Read More >>

A new measurement tool that uses light detection and ranging (or LiDAR) can show how earthquakes have changed the landscape down to a few inches—and that can help us prepare for difficult-to-predict earthquakes. Read More >>

Cleanup efforts around the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant are expected to require decades — up to fifty years, in fact. However, if a new radiation decontamination technology from Toshiba and IHI pans out, that date will come much, much sooner. Read More >>

Just look at the destruction. Seaside towns transformed into inland mountains of rubble. Google's traveled some 44,000 kilometers through tsunami-ravaged Japanese countryside to digitally archive the immense damage. Be sure to have a hanky at the ready when exploring. Read More >>

We'd all love to be able to predict earthquakes ahead of time — just think of the lives that could be saved. But toads can spot subtle changes in water chemistry before quakes way better than any scientist. Read More >>